Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

Seventy-five years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the National WWII Museum will sponsor a weeklong tour and four-part symposium focusing on the incidents leading up to that fateful day, Dec. 7, 1941.

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FOR THE RECORD

10:32 a.m.: A previous version of this article said the attack was on Dec. 6, 1941. It was Dec. 7, 1941.

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The events, which will take place Dec. 1-8, 2016, will include visits to historic sites such as the USS Arizona Memorial, a private dinner on the deck of the USS Missouri and a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attacks. There will...

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